Free Motion to Dismiss for Failure to State a Claim - District Court of Delaware - Delaware

Case 1:06-cv-00082-KAJ

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Filed 03/23/2006

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IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR THE DISTRICT OF DELAWARE LANDIS+GYR INC., Plaintiff, v. ELSTER ELECTRICITY LLC, Defendant. ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) )

C.A. No. 06-82-KAJ

ELSTER ELECTRICTY LLC'S MOTION TO DISMISS Elster Electricity LLC ("Elster") hereby moves to dismiss the Complaint filed by plaintiff Landis+Gyr Inc. ("Landis") on the following grounds: (1) the first-filed rule requires dismissal of Landis's later-filed declaratory judgment action in favor of Elster's first-filed Motion to Enforce the Settlement Agreement in C.A. No. 97-417-KAJ, or in the alternative, that Landis's declaratory judgment action be stayed pending resolution of Elster's Motion to Enforce or consolidated with that motion in such a manner that Elster remains the plaintiff; and (2) Fed. R. Civ. P. 12(b)(6) requires dismissal of Landis's breach of contract action for failure to state a claim. The grounds for this motion are more fully set forth in Elster's opening brief filed herewith. MORRIS, NICHOLS, ARSHT & TUNNELL LLP /s/ Julia Heaney ____________________________________ Julia Heaney (#3052) 1201 N. Market Street Wilmington, DE 19899-1347 (302) 658-9200 [email protected] Attorneys for Defendant

OF COUNSEL: Steven J. Rocci Steven B. Samuels Vincent J. Roccia WOODCOCK WASHBURN LLP One Liberty Place, 46th Floor Philadelphia, PA 19103 March 23, 2006

Case 1:06-cv-00082-KAJ

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CERTIFICATE OF SERVICE I, the undersigned, hereby certify that on March 23, 2006, I electronically filed the foregoing with the Clerk of the Court using CM/ECF which will send notification of such filing to the following: Neal C. Belgam, Esquire Blank Rome LLP Chase Manhattan Centre 1201 Market Street, Suite 800 Wilmington, DE 19801 and I, the undersigned, also hereby certify that on March 23, 2006, I sent by Federal Express, the above-stated document to: Blair Jacobs, Esquire Sutherland Asbill & Brennan LLP 1275 Pennsylvania Avenue, NW Washington, DC 20004

/s/ Julia Heaney (#3052) Morris, Nichols, Arsht & Tunnell LLP 1201 N. Market Street P.O. Box 1347 Wilmington, DE 19899 [email protected]